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Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna recently apprised the full court of the Supreme Court of the Collegium’s meeting with the Allahabad High Court judge. The Collegium had met the judge after his remarks targeting Muslims at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad event led to an uproar and Opposition demands for his impeachment 

This judgment reaffirms the principle that immunity is  intended to protect lawful actions undertaken in good faith, not shield wrongful acts

The apex court has come down heavily on the “growing tendency to misuse provisions like Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code” intended to protect married women “as a tool for unleashing personal vendetta against the husband and his family by a wife”. The issue has gained relevance considering the recent suicide of a Bengaluru techie and the allegations levelled by him against his wife and in-laws 

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed that all school buses and vehicles on school duty must be equipped with a GPS tracking system and CCTV cameras which enable real-time tracking and monitoring of the vehicle, thus allowing parents to stay informed and connected through a dedicated mobile app

If confirmed, five Indian-Americans are likely to be top-tier players in the new US administration, rewarded for their ideological beliefs and personal loyalty to President-elect Donald Trump. Not surprisingly, several are lawyers with considerable public involvement in Republican and right-wing political issues. Despite a slim Republican majority, all are not assured of confirmation by the US Senate, which must approve top-level presidential appointments

The Judiciary acts on the basis of an established legal dictum: an accused is awarded “presumption of innocence till he/she is proven guilty”, which means that an arrested person be treated with humanity, dignity and respect until he/she is proven guilty by the court of law. The apex court has now decided to examine whether arrest becomes invalid when the accused is not provided sufficient reasons

The special bench constituted by the apex court to hear a clutch of pending petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Act has forbidden the filing of any new petitions challenging the current status of places of worship. The Act under fire had left only the Ayodhya issue to be decided by the courts and froze the status of any place of worship as it was on the day of India’s independence

The country has entered a historic phase following the sudden collapse of the Bashar al-Assad family’s decades-long authoritarian rule, ushering in an uncertain future for the nation. The militant rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and its allies have orchestrated a rapid and decisive offensive that led to the ousting of Assad, dismantling a regime that has dominated Syria since 1971, beginning with his father Hafez al-Assad

The Supreme Court in a recent Public Interest Litigation (Janaki Chaudhary & Anr vs Women and Child Development & Ors), reviewed a petition regarding the employment terms and conditions of in...

The recent report on prison reforms focuses on measures to decongest overcrowded prisons of the country. It also suggests electronic tracking of prisoners as a measure to manage and monitor overpopulated jailed detainees. Though electronic monitoring of accused enlarged on bail has been suggested as a reform measure, it should be adopted with caution and care